Zorya vs Shakhtar: players' opinions

Sunday, March 12, 2017

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Footballers of the Donetsk team speak about defeating Luhansk

Maksym Malyshev, Shakhtar midfielder:

- In my opinion, both sides performed well. I think the fans enjoyed it. As for the goals scored: set pieces always played and play the big role. Today it was once again proved. My goal? That’s football. It happens that a player scores against the team he used to play for. I am grateful to the Luhansk club for the period I spent there. Therefore, when I scored, I didn’t celebrate it much. Fred's absence? We all perform one task, willing to become the champions. Any of us is ready to replace anyone else. We have an ambitious team and many ambitious players who want to take the field and benefit the team. It's too early to talk about the league title. There are still enough matches ahead, and we need to look first at our performance instead of someone else’s. It is important for us to win every game in order to move towards our goal.

We want to win the league title for our fans, and it will end in late May. There are still enough matches ahead. We want to win and grow

Taras Stepanenko, Shakhtar midfielder:

- A good dynamic match, which was surely enjoyed by the fans. The game was quite open, especially in the second half at 1-1. Zorya showed that they deserve their top spot. They are an organized team with excellent players. The more such teams, the better the league will be. It’s necessary to analyse the conceded goal. We give enough time to set pieces, and yet we sometimes concede goals. But this is football, you cannot predict everything there: the player just burst into the box to pick a great pass and scored. It was difficult for us to rip open the defence of the Luhansk side. However, we worked hard to the end and, despite a sufficient number of mistakes, we deserved this victory. Motivation? We want to win the league title for our fans, and it will end in late May. There are still enough matches ahead. We want to win and grow.